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by Louisa Kasdon |
October 03, 2008
After years of searching for just the right space, Chuck Draghi returns with Erbaluce
Chuck Draghi gets an A for perseverance. Twice he’s come this
close to opening a restaurant of his own, only to have the deal fall
apart at the eleventh hour. But this time, it’s really happening. This
month, chef Draghi and his partner, Joan Johnson, will open Erbaluce,
an enoteca and modern Italian restaurant tucked away in Bay Village in
the former home of Dedo. It’s a small mom-and-pop restaurant that
Draghi intends to be a “little urban oasis, where the chef is behind
the stove every night, proving himself and his food.” Draghi says
Erbaluce will be “evocative of the Northern Italian region of Piedmont,
where the sun comes up every morning, shears off the morning mist,
perfumes the air with lavender and sage, and then turns the fields
green against a sky of electric blue.” (In addition to being a chef,
Draghi is also a playwright.) ...
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